11.   It also reached its third straight Champions Cup final.

12.   Karina Habsudova of Slovakia and Silvija Talaja of Croatia are two of the favorites, with Habsudova trying to reach her third straight final.

13.   Losing their second straight final at home, they admitted, though, that the American team was better.

14.   Navratilova was playing in her third final in three weeks on three continents and had made seven straight finals including losing to Seles the previous week in Chicago.

15.   Previously swim meets had heats in the morning with a straight final at night.

16.   Roy won his eighth straight finals game, two shy of the record of Ken Dryden, another former Montreal goalie.

17.   South Korea has made it to three straight World Cup finals.

18.   Tennis fever reaches its apex this weekend, with sellout crowds at Olympic Stadium cheering on the Russian team against the Americans in its second straight Davis Cup final.

19.   That gave Rafter, a two-time U.S. Open champion seeded fifth in this tournament, his first victory of the season after losing in three straight finals.

20.   The council decided to do away with the traditional round robin format and instead approved a straight final after India pulled out.